London Ambulance Service Charitable Fund

Analysis

London Ambulance Service Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, London Ambulance Service Charitable Fund reported income of £657k and spending of £385k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £377k to £657k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 316%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, London Ambulance Service Charitable Fund sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry (£657k), United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust Charitable Fund (£657k) and The Cadbury Foundation (£656k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 70% and investments 4.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £7,000. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 25%. Reserves of £430k would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.